RAS 2008 General Pre Solved

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R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre.) Examination, 2008

(Held On 7-1-2009)

General Knowledge and General Science : Solved

1. Minamata disease is caused by

(A) Mercury(B) Cadmium

(C) Lead

(D) Zinc

2. Government of Rajasthan has constituted one organisation to advise the government onreforms in economic matters. This organisation is named as

(A) Economic Policy and Reforms Council

(B) Reform Committee on Economic Policy(C) Council for Economic Reforms

(D) Economic Advisory Committee

3. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, it is the duty of the Union Government

to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance ?(A) Article 355

(B) Article 356

(C) Article 352(D) Article 360

4. Which one of the following groups of organisms has significance in diagnosing thedeath by drowing ?

(A) Lichens(B) Protozoa

(C) Cyanobacteria

(D) Diatoms

5. When there is a very heavy rainfall in the Pushkar Hills, where does floods occur ?(A) Ajmer

(B) Sawai Madhopur

(C) Balotra

(D) Sojat

6. On a specific day and time, temperature was 48C in Churu and 24C in Shimla. Two

metallic cups identical in all respects contained water at 95C in Churu and 71C in

Shimla. Which one of these two cups reached room temperature first ?(A) Cup in Churu

(B) Cup in Shimla


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(C) Both cups reached room temperature at the same time

(D) Data are not enough to find out result

7. Who won the Bookers Prize, 2008 ?(A) Arvind Adiga

(B) Aruna Roy(C) Rajendra Singh

(D) Medha Patekar

8. The first woman Four-star General in United States of America Military is

(A) Haldun Woody

(B) Anna Maehays

(C) Mike Mullen(D) Anne Dun Woody

9. Which one of the following acid is formed during the change of milk into curd ?

(A) Acetic acid(B) Ascorbic acid

(C) Citric acid

(D) Lactic acid

10. What is the height of Guru Shikhar Peak in Rajasthan ?(A) 1722 metres

(B) 1727 metres

(C) 1750 metres

(D) 1780 metres

11. Khariya, Raswani, Shobhala and Udisbhar are(A) The varieties of wines

(B) Actors of kuchamani khyal(C) Villages of Barmer district

(D) The varieties of Kota Doriya sarees

12. Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between which of the following classes of

animal ?(A) Amphibia and Aves

(B) Reptilia and Aves

(C) Reptilia and Mammalia

(D) Aves and Mammalia

13. Tick mark correct statement

(A) CIMMCO wagon factory restarted in Bharatpur after eight years

(B) CIMMCO factory is started at Bhiwadi for manufacturing coaches(C) CIMMCO factory is manufacturing chassis of trucks and buses at Alwar

(D) CIMMCO company is engaged in exports of coaches to Asian countries


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14. Where is Port Pradeep located ?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka(C) West Bengal

(D) Orissa

15. Mangla-Bhagyam, Shakti and Aishwarya

(A) Are three schemes for upliftment of scheduled castes girls(B) Are oil fields discovered in Barmer-Sanchore basin

(C) Are three universities established in Private sector

(D) Produce natural gas from Jaisalmer basin to supply Ramgah power plant

16. Among the crafts that have been shortlisted by National Institute of Design forGeographical Indicator Status is

(A) Jaipur for blue pottery and Udaipur for clay work

(B) Zari work of Ajmer and block printing of Sanganer

(C) Embroidary of Barmer and wollens of Jaisalmer(D) Paintings of Kishangadh and Namdas of Tonk

17. Pearl is mainly constituted of

(A) Calcium oxalate(B) Calcium sulphate

(C) Calcium carbonate

(D) Calcium oxide

18. Where is the famous Finger Lake Region located ?(A) Australia

(B) Austria(C) United States of America (U.S.A.)(D) Britain

19. In which year did a major flood occur in Kawas in Barmer ?

(A) 2005

(B) 2006(C) 2007

(D) 2008

20. Which sect has the headquarters located at Shahpura (Bhilwara) ?

(A) Dadu sect(B) Vallabh sect

(C) Nimbark sect

(D) Ramsnehi sect

21. Ashtadhyayi was written by

(A) Varahmihira

(B) Kalidas


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(C) Panini

(D) Balram

22. The whole dispute between Subhash Bose and right wing, after the Tripuri session ofCongress centred round to the question of

(A) Formation of Congress working committee(B) Policy towards princely states

(C) Attitude towards central government(D) Double membership of Congress Socialist Party members

23. Adamya Chetna Trust, Havells India Limited, Hindustan Zinc Limited and DSCL

Kota (Shree Ram Group) are some Trust/Corporates related to

(A) Production of handicrafts and industrial goods(B) Mid-Day Meal Programme

(C) Infrastructure development in Rajasthan

(D) Special Economic Zone in Rajasthan

24. One Rajasthan-born industrialist contributed a sum of Rs. 22,000 in 1920s to C.V.

Ramans path breaking research which won him the Nobel Prize

(A) Purshotam Das Bajaj

(B) Jamshedjee Tata(C) Magni Ram Bangur

(D) Ghanshyam Das Birla

25. Who is the author ANDHAYUG ?

(A) Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar(B) Mahaveer Prasad Diwedi

(C) Dharam Veer Bharti(D) Mohan Rakesh

26. United Nations General Assembly President is

(A) John Major

(B) Miguel dEscoto

(C) Jacquesrene Chirac(D) Jiang Zemin

27. In which continent are the Atlas Mountains situated ?

(A) Asia

(B) Africa(C) Australia

(D) Europe

28. Per Capita Income at current prices in Rajasthan during 2007-08 is about(A) 20,000 Rs.

(B) 22,000 Rs.


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(C) 24,000 Rs.

(D) 18,000 Rs.

29. Nawalgadh (Sikar) in Rajasthan was in news because of(A) Bumper crop of kharif season particularly the production of bajra

(B) The government of Rajasthan has taken responsibility to provide the land to cementmanufacturers

(C) Ginder Utsav is started during the month of Shrawan to attract tourists(D) A private university is sanctioned by government for this area

30. Which one of the following changes occur when salt is added in the water ?

(A) Boiling point is increased and freezing point is decreased

(B) Boiling point is decreased and freezing point is increased(C) Both boiling point and freezing point are decreased

(D) Both boiling point and freezing point are increased

31. When a person enters in a dark room from strong light area, he is not able to seeclearly for some

time. Later he gradually begins to see things. This is because

(A) Changes in the size of pupil

(B) Changes in the diameter and focal length of lens(C) Bleaching and reformation of Rhodopsins

(D) Eyes become familiar with darkness in course of time

32. Exclude which is not correct

(A) RUDA is functioning for creation of more avenues of employment in the ruralnonfarm sector

(B) Bureau of Investment Promotion is an agency for promotion of Small Scale Industryprojects(C) RIICO is an apex organization engaged in postering growth of industrialisation in the

state

(D) Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation is functioning to assist Small Scale Industryand handicrafts

33. The art style which combines Indian and Greek feature is called

(A) Sikhar

(B) Verra(C) Gandhar

(D) Nagar

34. In which city of India, first D.N.A. Bank of Asia is established recently ?

(A) Jaipur(B) Kota

(C) Chennai

(D) Lucknow


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35. Raikas in Rajasthan are

(A) Traditionals horse breeders

(B) Traditional camel breeders(C) Used to sell goods from village to village

(D) Salt-traders

36. The first session of Rajputana-Madhyabharat Sabha was held in 1918 at

(A) Delhi(B) Ajmer

(C) Indore

(D) Udaipur

37. Who is the author of the book named The Audacity of Hope ?(A) Nayan Tara Sehgal

(B) Salman Rushdie

(C) Vikram Seth

(D) Barack Obama

38. RIDCOR stands for

(A) Road Infrastructure Development Company of Rajasthan

(B) Rail Information Download Corporation of Rajasthan(C) Rajasthan Indoor Decoration Corporation of Railways

(D) Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation of Rajasthan

39. Inscription which throw light on the writings of Maharana Kumbha is

(A) Kumbhalgarh inscription (1460 A.D.)(B) Kirtistambha Prashasti (1460 A.D.)

(C) Jagannath Rai inscription (1652 A.D.)(D) Raj Prashasti (1676 A.D.)

40. Jnan Pith award has been given to (06th November 2008)

(A) Vinit Narayan

(B) Rehman Rahi

(C) Kamleshwar(D) Gyan Chaturvedi

41. For which desirable character the transgenic crop Golden Rice is produced ?

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Essential Amino Acids(C) Insulin

(D) Characteristic Starch

42. The worlds youngest King belongs to which country ?(A) Saudi Arab

(B) Japan


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(C) Bhutan

(D) Thailand

43. Mammoth is the ancestor of(A) Dog

(B) Horse(C) Camel

(D) Elephant

44. Which district in Rajasthan grows, in largest quantity, psyllium husk (planto ovata) or

Isabgol ?

(A) Jhalawar

(B) Jalore(C) Sirohi

(D) Bundi

45. Who launched the Lasodia Movement for social reforms amongst the Bhils ofMewar, Bagar and nearby regions ?

(A) Mavji

(B) Govind Giri

(C) Surmal Das(D) Moti Lal Tejawat

46. Chairman of Indian Space and Research Organization is

(A) Krishna Swamy Kasturirangan

(B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam(C) G. Madhavan Nair

(D) K.M. Bhandari

47. Most stable Ecosystem is(A) Forest

(B) Grassland

(C) Desert

(D) Marine

48. Which tree is called the Flame of the Forest in Rajasthan ?

(A) Khejri

(B) Neem

(C) Palas(D) Paras Peepul

49. Which city is known as Suncity in Rajasthan ?

(A) Jodhpur(B) Udaipur

(C) Bikaner

(D) Jaisalmer


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50. Which was common among Brahma Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya Samaj ?

(A) None of these three had a political mission, but they helped to develop a spirit of

patriotism(B) All the three originated from Bengal

(C) Founder of all the three were educated in England

(D) Founder of all the three took active part in politics

51. Tick mark which is incorrect about NREGA(A) This Act spells out the type of works which are permitted

(B) Like in other government programmes transparency and accountability is also not

possible in this programme(C) This Act specifies the individual works but only for the scheduled castes and tribes

below the poverty line

(D) The guarantee of 274 year employment during a year is possibly the most importantfeature of this Act.

52. Mahajanpad situated on the bank of river Godavari was(A) Avanti

(B) Vatsa(C) Assaka

(D) Kamboja

53. Which mineral is found in Nathra-ki-Pal area of Rajasthan ?

(A) Iron ore(B) Copper

(C) Lead and Zinc

(D) Manganese

54. One of the following sites from where the famous Bull-seal of Indus ValleyCivilization was found

(A) Harappa

(B) Chanhudaro(C) Lothal

(D) Mohenjodaro

55. Tick mark which is incorrect about inflation

(A) Inflation indicates the rise in the price of a basket of commodities on a point-to-pointbasis

(B) The inflation rate in India is calculated on the basis of the wholesale price index

(C) For some commodities retail prices are also considered for measurement of inflation(D) Inflation rate going down does not mean prices are declining

56. Which district has the least population density in Rajasthan ?

(A) Bikaner

(B) Jodhpur


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(C) Barmer

(D) Jaisalmer

57. Bio-magnification means(A) Fast spreading of cancer cells in the body

(B) Increasing the amount of pesticides in the organisms of successive trophic level(C) To see the microscopic parts of the body by microscope

(D) Sudden increase in the number of the individuals of a species in a specific area

58. Chandrayaan-I was launched from

(A) Orissa

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Karnataka(D) Andhra Pradesh

59. By which process, Alum cleans the muddy water ?

(A) Absorption(B) Adsorption

(C) Coagulation

(D) Dialysis

60. Match List-I (Development Programme) with List-II (Coverage Area) and give thecorrect answer on the basis of codes given below the list

List-I

(a) Mewat Area Development Programme

(b) Border Area Development Programme(c) Dang Area Development Programme

(d) Magra Area Development ProgrammeList-II1. Eight blocks of Alwar and three blocks of Bharatpur

2. Thirteen blocks of four Districts

3. 357 Gram Panchayats of 21 Panchayat Samitis4. 14 blocks covering Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pali and Rajsamand districts

5. Saharia tribal families residing in Shahbad and Kishangarh blocks

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 3 5 2

(B) 1 2 3 4

(C) 2 1 5 3(D) 1 4 2 3

61. Handloom Mark shows the standard of

(A) Handloom clothes

(B) Craft works(C) Hand embroidery

(D) Hand block printing


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62. Which country has signed an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with India in

September 2008 ?

(A) Australia(B) Japan

(C) Brazil

(D) France

63. Who was appointed as President of South Africa after resignation of Thabo Mbeki ?(A) Nelson Mandela

(B) Kglema Motlanthe

(C) Taro Aso(D) Morgan Tsvangirai

64. In which year was the Desert development programme started in Rajasthan ?

(A) 1960-61

(B) 1977-78

(C) 1982-83(D) 1994-95

65. Which of the following pair is matching ?

(A) Badla (Water-bottle) Jaipur(B) Masuria Sari Kota

(C) Namda Jodhpur

(D) Marble Carving Tonk

66. Under whose Command Marwari forces were sent to Khanwa to support Sangaagainst Babur ?

(A) Rao Ganga(B) Maldeo(C) Biram Deo

(D) Suja

67. The Hot Spot of Biodiversity in India are

(A) Western Himalayas and Eastern Ghat(B) Western Himalayas and Sunderban

(C) Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghat

(D) Eastern Himalayas and Silent Valley

68. Who has been chosen for the Bharat-Ratna ?(A) Devanand

(B) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

(C) Kanshi Ram(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

69. What is the product found in large quantities in Churu-Bikaner-Sri Ganganagar belt,

which is (i) a source of environmental pollution, (ii) used for raising soil fertility, and (iii)


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after value addition, is used in health and building sector ?

(A) Limestone

(B) Lignite(C) Fullers Earth

(D) Gypsum

70. In Rajasthan each state had a Mahakma Baqoit which used to

(A) Charge the revenue arrears in good harvest years(B) Make the payments of Kings dues

(C) Collect the dues from government servants

(D) Collect the loans for the Kings

71. Generally where coral reefs are found ?(A) In temperate climate above 18C

(B) Between tropics of cancer and tropics of capricorn coastal areas

(C) On both east and west coasts of continents and islands only

(D) On colder sea coasts

72. Which one of the followings is used in the synthesis of polythene ?

(A) Methane

(B) Ethylene(C) Propane

(D) Butane

73. A birds eye view of macro economic developments under various programmes

launched by the state government in Rajasthan is available in(A) Economic Review

(B) Reserve Bank of India Bulletin(C) Economic and Political Weekly(D) Sujas

74. How many are there Million Plus Population cities in India (Census 2001) ?

(A) 39

(B) 29(C) 49

(D) 59

75. National Water Development Agency was established in the year

(A) 1969(B) 1970

(C) 1980

(D) 1990

76. Author ofNyaya Darshan was

(A) Gautam

(B) Kanad


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(C) Kapil

(D) Badrayan

77. KANDHMAL is in which State ?(A) Orissa

(B) Rajasthan(C) Maharashtra

(D) Gujarat

78. Indian PM Manmohan Singh is an elected member of Rajya Sabha from which

State ?

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana(C) Assam

(D) Gujarat

79. In which province Muslim League formed their government after 1946 elections ?(A) Bengal

(B) North-West Frontier

(C) Punjab

(D) Bihar

80. Which city can be called the Manchester of Rajasthan ?

(A) Kota

(B) Pali

(C) Beawar(D) Bhilwara

81. Pheromones are found in

(A) Insects(B) Snakes

(C) Birds

(D) Bats

82. Which State is not a part ofseven sisters of North-Eastern States ?(A) Meghalaya

(B) West Bengal

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Tripura

83. The main function of colonization in Rajasthan is to

(A) Provide residential plots

(B) Acquire land by the government(C) Provide irrigation facilities

(D) Allot land


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84. Who is the Governor of West Bengal ?

(A) Gopal Gandhi

(B) Shiv Charan Mathur(C) Surjeet Singh Barnala

(D) Nawal Kishore Sharma

85. Which Act introduced Dyarchy at the centre ?

(A) The Act of 1909(B) Government of India Act, 1919

(C) Government of India Act, 1935

(D) The Indian Independence Act, 1947

86. The symbol of World Wild-life Fund is(A) Polar Bear

(B) White Bear

(C) Red Panda

(D) Cheeta

87. The Electoral College for the United States Presidential Election is constituted by the

(A) Members of United States Congress(B) Members of House of Representatives

(C) Members of Senate

(D) None of them

88. In what direction Monsoon rainfall in Rajasthan increases ?(A) Southwest-Northeast

(B) Southeast-Northwest(C) Northwest-Southeast(D) South-North

89. Dhawadia were the persons

(A) Engaged in looting of caravans and kafilas

(B) Who used to collect the taxes for kings(C) Who used to stock the foodgrains

(D) Who used to participate in the race

90. By which process the sea water can be converted into pure water ?

(A) Deliquescence(B) Efflorescence

(C) Electric separation

(D) Reverse osmosis

91. Place where the Jal Durg (fort erected in water) is located

(A) Ajmer

(B) Amber


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(C) Siwana

(D) Gagron

92. In which of the following crop Azolla-Anabaena biofertilizer is used ?(A) Wheat

(B) Rice(C) Mustard

(D) Cotton

93. To which school of painting Bani Thani was related ?

(A) Bundi school

(B) Kishangarh school

(C) Chawand school(D) Jaipur school

94. Which group of districts has highest forest area ?

(A) Baran Udaipur Chittaurgarh(B) Bharatpur Jhalawar Kota

(C) Karauli Sirohi Dungarpur

(D) Banswara Dholpur Raj Samand

95. Which one of the following statements in FALSE ?(A) The special rubber tyres of air craft are made slightly conducting

(B) The blue waves scattered more than violet waves of light so that the sky appears blue

not violet

(C) A comb run through ones wet hair does not attract small bits of paper(D) Vehicles carrying inflammable material usually have metallic ropes touching the

ground

96. Maximum production ofkhas comes from which belt of Rajasthan ?(A) Sawai Madhopur Bharatpur Tonk

(B) Gangapur Dausa Alwar

(C) Jhalawar Kota Bundi

(D) Dungarpur Banswara Udaipur

97. Who represented Congress in Second Round Table Conference ?

(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(B) Moti Lal Nehru

(C) Abul Kalam Azad(D) Mahatma Gandhi

98. The author ofVamsa Bhaskar is

(A) Bankidas(B) Gauri Shankar Ojha

(C) Kaviraj Shymaldas

(D) Surajmal Misran


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99. The Maitri Express train is introduced between the stations

(A) Kolkata and Dhaka

(B) Amritsar and Lahore(C) Delhi and Srinagar

(D) Lucknow and Kathmandu

100. Baxa Tiger Project is located in which state of India ?

(A) Madhya Pradesh(B) Rajasthan

(C) Gujarat

(D) West Bengal

Answers :

1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B)

11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (D)

21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (A)31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (D) 35. (B) 36. (A) 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (A) 40. (B)

41. (A) 42. (C) 43. (D) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (C) 47. (D) 48. (C) 49. (A) 50. (A)

51. (B) 52. (C) 53. (A) 54. (D) 55. (D) 56. (D) 57. (B) 58. (D) 59. (C) 60. (B)61. (B) 62. (D) 63. (B) 64. (B) 65. (B) 66. (A) 67. (C) 68. (B) 69. (D) 70. (B)

71. (A) 72. (B) 73. (A)

74. (*) In India as per population Census-2001, the number of Million Plus Population

cities is 35. Thus, all the four alternatives given in the question are incorrect.75. (*) National Water Development Agency was set in July 1982 as Autonomous

Society.

76. (A) 77. (A) 78. (C) 79. (A) 80. (C) 81. (A) 82. (B) 83. (D) 84. (A) 85. (C)

86. (C) 87. (A) 88. (A) 89. (A) 90. (D) 91. (D) 92. (B) 93. (B) 94. (D) 95. (B)96. (A) 97. (D) 98. (D) 99. (A) 100. (D)


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Paper : Rajasthan Public Service Commission [RAS/RTS] (Pre.)

Examination, 2007 Solved Paper

1. The Sikh Kingdom of Punjab was annexed by the English East India Company in

(A) 1836 (B) 1839

(C) 1849 (D) 1852

2. The Kol Uprising of 1831 started in

(A) Gujarat

(B) Bengal

(C) Rajputana

(D) Chota Nagpur

3. Who led the Revolt of the Bareilly troops in 1857 ?

(A) Kunwar Singh

(B) Bakht Khan

(C) Azimullah

(D) Maulvi Ahmadullah

4. Who among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 declared himself to be the

Governor of Bahadur Shah ?

(A) Nana Sahib

(B) Tantia Tope

(C) Kunwar Singh

(D) Bakht Khan

5. The first Indian Factories Act was passed in

(A) 1881 (B) 1885

(C) 1891 (D) 1894


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6. Which of the following was not a consequence of the British Land Revenue Policy in

India ?

(A) Increasing impoverishment of the peasants

(B) Growing peasant indebted-ness

(C) The spread of landlordism

(D) The ruin of artisan indus-tries

7. The Archaeological Survey of India was set up during the Viceroyalty of

(A) Lord Lytton

(B) Lord Ripon(C) Lord Dufferin

(D) Lord Curzon

8. Who was known as The Grand Old Man of India ?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Dadabhai Naoroji

9. The most important Pre-Con-gress Nationalist Organisation was

(A) The Indian Association of Calcutta

(B) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

(C) Bombay Presidency Asso-ciation

(D) The Madras Mahajan Sabha

10. Who among the following was a leader of Prarthana Samaj ?

(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh


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(B) Vasudeo Balwant Phadke

(C) R.G. Bhandarkar

(D) G.K. Gokhale

11. All India Womens Conference was founded in

(A) 1922 (B) 1927

(C) 1929 (D) 1932

12. Who among the following oppo-sed the Age of Consent Bill of 1891 ?

(A) Swami Dayanand

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Surendranath Sen

13. The worst famine in India under the British rule occurred in

(A) 186061 (B) 187678

(C) 189697 (D) 18991900

14. The first textile mill was started in Bombay in the year

(A) 1853 (B) 1855

(C) 1866 (D) 1879

15. Abhinava Bharat organised in 1904 was

(A) a secret society of revolu-tionary activists

(B) a newspaper advocating revolutionary activities

(C) a cultural organisation

(D) a trade union movement


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16. A newspaper Al Hilal was brought out in 1912 by

(A) Dr. M.A. Ansari

(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Maulana Muhammad Ali

17. The cancellation of the partition of Bengal was announced in

(A) 1909 (B) 1911

(C) 1913 (D) 1916

18. Who criticised Indians for having lost touch with the rest of the World ?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Sayyed Ahmad Khan

(C) Vivekananda

(D) Swami Dayanand

19. All India Harijan Sangh was founded by

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Jotiba Phule

(D) B.M. Malabari

20. Who among the following was not a leader of militant nationa-lism ?

(A) Rajnarain Bose

(B) V.S. Chiplunkar

(C) Arbindo Ghosh

(D) Sasipada Bannerjee


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21. Who among the following was the leader of Bihar Kisan Sabha ?

(A) Sahajanand Saraswati

(B) Baba Ramchandra

(C) Vijay Singh Pathik

(D) Shraddhanand

22. Who became the Vice-President of the Viceroys Council in the Interim

Government of 1946-47 ?

(A) C. Rajagopalachari

(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(D) M.A. Jinnah

23. Who among the following woman social reformers was called Pandita ?

(A) Gangabai

(B) Ramabai

(C) Sister Subbalaksmi

(D) Annie Besant

24. Who was the leader of No Tax Campaign of the peasants orga-nised in 1928 ?

(A) S.A. Dange

(B) Baba Ramchandra

(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

25. The Second Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in


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(A) 1928 (B) 1930

(C) 1932 (D) 1934

26. An All India Strike by Postal and Telegraph Workers started in

(A) November, 1945

(B) February, 1946

(C) July, 1946

(D) August, 1946

27. Samhita is

(A) Collection of hymns

(B) Text on grammar

(C) Text on Ayurveda

(D) Forest treatises

28. Which of the following state-ments is not true about Rigvedic Aryans ?

(A) They lived in villages.(B) They did not know gamb-ling.

(C) They practised polygamy.

(D) Family was the unit of social life.

29. Early Vedic society was organi-sed in

(A) Janas (B) Jati

(C) Rajanya (D) Sabha

30. Who was the author of Astadh-yayi ?

(A) Patanjali

(B) Panini


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(C) Magha

(D) Visakhadatta

31. Which of the following metal was not used by the people of the Indus Civilization ?

(A) Iron (B) Bronze

(C) Gold (D) Silver

32. Which of the following Harap-pan sites is located in Gujarat ?

(A) Banawali

(B) Sanghol

(C) Mudiala Kalan

(D) Surkotada

33. The hallmark of Vedic religion and culture was

(A) Dhyana

(B) Brahmacharya

(C) Puja(D) Yajna

34. Under whose patronage was the Sangam literature composed ?

(A) Cholas (B) Cheras

(C) Pandyas (D) Chalukyas

35. What is the language of the Sangam literature ?

(A) Tamil (B) Pali

(C) Prakrit (D) Sanskrit


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36. Which of the following ideas is not associated with Buddhism ?

(A) Sila (B) Prajna

(C) Pitru (D) Dhyana

37. The highest goal in Buddhism is

(A) Nirvana

(B) Madhyama Marga

(C) Vinaya

(D) Atmavad

38. The Third Buddhist Council was convened at

(A) Takshasila

(B) Sarnath

(C) Bodhgaya

(D) Pataliputra

39. Who among the following scho-lars wrote History of Dharam Sastra ?

(A) D.P. Chattopadhyay

(B) P.V. Kane

(C) A.S. Altekar

(D) D.C. Sarkar

40. Who among the following argued that the Aryans came from Central Asia ?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) Brandenstein

(C) William Jones

(D) V.A. Smith


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41. According to tradition, how many Sangam were held ?

(A) Two (B) Three

(C) Four (D) Five

42. Which of the following terms denotes a market centre ?

(A) Prasada (B) Nigama

(C) Grama (D) Nadi

43. Which of the following denotes a land revenue term ?

(A) Vivita (B) Bhaga

(C) Sulka (D) Kara

44. Which of the following officers according to Arthasastra was entrusted with the

collection of revenue ?

(A) Sitadhyaksa

(B) Sansthadhyaksa(C) Samahartta

(D) Sannidhata

45. Megasthenes divided Indian society into

(A) Four groups

(B) Seven groups

(C) Eight groups

(D) Twelve groups

46. The Mauryan King Bindusara faced the rebellion of the people of


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(A) Kosala (B) Nalanda

(C) Kalinga (D) Takshasila

47. Which sect was initially called Nirgrantha ?

(A) Buddhist (B) Jaina

(C) Ajivika (D) Pashupata

48. Which of the following is regar-ded as the early Jaina Text ?

(A) Sutra Kritang

(B) Tripatika

(C) Mahavastu-Avdana

(D) Avdana Kalpalata

49. Which of the following is a Harappan port ?

(A) Alexandria

(B) Lothal

(C) Mahasthangarh(D) Nagapattanam

50. The commonest term for peasan-try in early medieval North India is

(A) Kutumbin

(B) Bhogin

(C) Baddhahalika

(D) Swami

51. By Mauryan times the main sea-port of the Ganges basin was

(A) Sopara

(B) Bhragukachchha


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(C) Patala

(D) Tamralipti

52. Which of the following is not an Antyaja ?

(A) Chandala (B) Rajaka

(C) Nata (D) Yavana

53. Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from

(A) The Pala Empire

(B) Harsha Vardhanas State

(C) The Kushana State

(D) The Mauryan State

54. Which of the following state-ments is not true of Ashokas Dhamma ?

(A) There was a stress on non-violence

(B) Capital punishment was discontinued

(C) Donation to Brahmans was stressed(D) There was a concern for master-servant relationship

55. Which of the following commo-dities was a major item of export trade in the Kusana

period ?

(A) Cotton textiles

(B) Horse

(C) Gold

(D) Paper

56. Who among the following is described as a fabulously rich merchant in Buddhist

Jatakas ?


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(A) Vanik

(B) Sarthavaha

(C) Setthi

(D) Apanika

57. Alberunis account of India is

(A) Kitab-ul-Hind

(B) Chachnama

(C) Futuh-us-Salatin

(D) Tarikh-i-Yamini

58. Wali under the Sultans of Delhi was

(A) Provincial Governor

(B) Head of Revenue Depart-ment

(C) Minister with full powers

(D) Head of the State news-agency

59. Amir Khusro describes the mili-tary campaigns of Jalal-ud-din Khalji in his work

(A) Nuh Sipihar

(B) Mifta-ul-Futuh

(C) Qiran-us Sadain

(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh

60. The most powerful Kings of Northern India in the 9th and 10th Centuries were

(A) The Palas

(B) The Chahmanas

(C) The Rashtrakutas

(D) The Gurjara Pratiharas


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61. Who declared that there were no slaves in India ?

(A) Kautilya (B) Megasthenes

(C) Patanjali (D) Fahien

62. The view that the Rajputs were descendents of the Vedic Aryans is expressed by

(A) James Tod

(B) Dashrath Sharma

(C) V.A. Smith

(D) C.V. Vaidya

63. Which Sultan replaced the system of measurement of land by crop sharing in the

Khalisa areas ?

(A) Balban

(B) Ala-ud-din Khalji

(C) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(D) Muhammad Tughlaq

64. Who among the following Vijay-anagara rulers bore the title of Gajabentakara ?

(A) Krishna Deva Raya

(B) Deva Raya II

(C) Deva Raya I

(D) Rama Raya

65. Which Vijayanagara ruler sent an embassy to China ?

(A) Harihara I

(B) Krishna Deva Raya


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(C) Bukka I

(D) Saluva Narasimha

66. The Sultan Ghari was built as the mausoleum of

(A) Qutab-ud-din Aibak

(B) Rukh-ud-din Firoj

(C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

(D) Kaikubad

67. The first Madrasa at Delhi namely Madrasae Muizz was established by

(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

(D) Balban

68. Officer in-charge of royal household under the Sultans of Delhi was designated

(A) Amir-i-hajib(B) Wakil-i-dar

(C) Barid-i-mumalik

(D) Mustaufi-i-mumalik

69. The Chishti Saint who founded a branch of Chishti Silsilah in Gulbarga was

(A) Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chirag-i-Delhi

(B) Gesu Daraz

(C) Shaikh Hamid-ud-din Nagori

(D) Jalal-ud-din Tabrizi

70. Who among the following was not a Nirguni Bhakti Saint ?


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(A) Shankardev (B) Raidas

(C) Dadu (D) Dhanna

71. Bhramar Geet were composed by

(A) Mirabai (B) Nabhadas

(C) Surdas (D) Haridas

72. Select the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayana-gara ?

(A) Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu

(B) Tuluva, Sangama, Saluva, Aravidu

(C) Aravidu, Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva

(D) Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu

73. The largest administrative divi-sion in Vijayanagara was

(A) Kottam (B) Rajyam

(C) Kurram (D) Nadu

74. Pushti Marg was founded by

(A) Chaitanya

(B) Vallabhacharya

(C) Ramananda

(D) Nimbarka

75. Which of the following rulers of Bikaner was deposed by Jahan-gir ?

(A) Raja Rai Singh

(B) Raja Sur Singh

(C) Raja Dalpat Singh

(D) Raja Karan Singh


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76. Who is the author of Safinat-ul-Aulia ?

(A) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

(B) Mohsin Fani

(C) Dara Shukoh

(D) Jahandar Shah

77. Who made the Madad-i-maash grants completely hereditary ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Shahjahan

(C) Aurangzeb(D) Bahadur Shah

78. The Ibadatkhana was closed in the year

(A) 1579 (B) 1580

(C) 1582 (D) 1583

79. Who among the following Mughal Emperors made serious attempt to annex Trans-

Oxiana ?

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(C) Jahangir

(D) Shahjahan

80. Cultivation of tobacco was intro-duced in India during the reign of

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir


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(C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

81. In 1585 Akbar shifted his capital to

(A) Kabul

(B) Lahore

(C) Fatehpur Sikri

(D) Multan

82. Nasaq during the Mughal Period was

(A) A system of land revenue assessment

(B) A unit of measurement of land

(C) A Zamindari territory

(D) Revenue free land grant

83. Which of the following mosques is entirely made of marble ?

(A) Jama Masjid at Sikri(B) Moti Masjid in the Agra Fort

(C) Qila-i-Kuhna Masjid in the Purana Qila of Delhi

(D) Jama Masjid of Delhi

84. Who among the following is the first comprehensive historian of the Marathas ?

(A) M.G. Ranade

(B) G.S. Sardesai

(C) James Cuningham Grant Duff

(D) C.A. Kincaid

85. Who among the following rulers patronized musician Lal Khan Gun Samudra ?


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(A) Hussain Shah Sharqi

(B) Islam Shah Sur

(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah II

(D) Shahjahan

86. Dastan-i-Amir-i-Hamza was illu-strated during the reign of

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(C) Jahangir

(D) Shahjahan

87. The English East India Company obtained the lease of Madras in

(A) 1611 (B) 1623

(C) 1639 (D) 1646

88. Who among the following was imprisoned by the Mughal Emp-eror Jahangir ?

(A) Gosain Jadrup(B) Miyan Mir

(C) Guru Ramdas

(D) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

89. In 1739 the Portuguese lost their possessions of Salsette and Bas-sein to

(A) The Dutch

(B) The English

(C) The Mughals

(D) The Marathas

90. Lohgarh Fort was built by


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(A) Guru Hargovind

(B) Guru Teg Bahadur

(C) Guru Govind Singh

(D) Banda Bahadur

91. In 1585-86 the only Rajput who held the mansab of 5000 was

(A) Raja Bhagwant Das

(B) Raja Raisingh of Bikaner

(C) Raja Man Singh

(D) Rai Surjan Hada

92. Who introduced the Mughal land revenue system in the Deccan ?

(A) Mahabat Khan

(B) Mirza Raja Jaisingh

(C) Diler Khan

(D) Murshid Kuli Khan

93. Which one of the following acco-rding to Bernier was the owner of land in India ?

(A) The Zamindar

(B) The King

(C) The Khud Kashta

(D) The Village Community

94. Haidar Ali established his autho-rity over the State of Mysore in

(A) 1755 (B) 1761

(C) 1764 (D) 1766

95. In 1751 the Nawab of Bengal ceded Orissa to


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(A) The English East India Company

(B) The Nawab of Avadh

(C) The Marathas

(D) The Afghans

96. Which Peshwa started a long campaign against the sidis of Janjira ?

(A) Balaji Vishwanath

(B) Baji Rao I

(C) Balaji Baji Rao

(D) Madhav Rao

97. Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association in the 19th century ?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Vishnu Shastri Pandit

(C) Ramabai

(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

98. Shahu was granted the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan during the reign

of

(A) Bahadur Shah

(B) Jahandar Shah

(C) Farrukh Siyar

(D) Muhammad Shah

99. Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by

(A) Zulfiqar Khan

(B) Jahandar Shah


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(C) The Sayyed Brothers

(D) Saadat Khan

100. The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was

(A) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk

(B) Safdar Jang

(C) Murshid Kuli Khan

(D) Hussain Kuli Khan

Answers with Explanations :1. (C) 2. (D)

3. (All the four options of the question are not correct.)

Khan Bahadur Khan, the successor of the former ruler (Nawab) of Rohilkhand, led the

Revolt of the Bareilly troops in 1857.

4. (All the four options of the question are not correct.)

Khan Bahadur Khan of Bareilly, declared himself to be the Governor (Nazim) of Bahadur

Shah.

Nana Sahib declared himself as Peshwa, Kunwar Singh was a Zamindar of Bihar, Tantia

Tope was the army-chief of Nana Sahib and Bakht Khan was the army-chief of Bahadur

Shah.

5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (A)

10. (C)

11. (B) The All India Womens Con-ference (AIWC), one of the oldest voluntary

organization in the country was founded in 1927 by Margaret Cousins, an Irish Lady,

who had made India her home. AIWC original concern was womens education but

grad-ually it took up various social and economic issues concerning women, such as

Purdah, Child Marriage, Traf-ficking, Womens Property Right etc.

Today, AIWC has over 1,00,000 members in 500 branches all over country. It is

recognized as a premier organization working for Womens Development and


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Empowerment.

12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (A)

16. (C) The Al-Hilal was a news-paper established by Indian leader Maulana Abul Kalam

Azad and used as a medium for criticism of the British Raj in India. The newspaper also

espoused the cause of the Indian independence movement and exhorted Indian Muslims

to join the movement. The newspaper was shut down under the Press Act of 1914.

17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (A)

22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (C) 26. (B)

27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (A)

30. (B) Panini was an ancient Indian grammarian from Gandhara. He is known for his

Sanskrit gram-mar, particularly for his formula-tion of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit

morphology in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi, the foundational text of the gram-

matical branch of the vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly discipline of vedic religion. The

Ashtadh-yayi is the earliest known gram-mar of Sanskrit, and the earliest known work on

descriptive ling-uistics, generative linguistics, and together with the work of his

immediate predecessors stands at the beginning of the history of linguistics itself.

31. (A)

32. (D) Surkotada is an archaeolo-gical site located in India. It is famous for horse

remains dated to ca. 2008 BCE. The site at Surkotada is located 160 km north east of

Bhuj, in the District of Kutch, Gujarat.

33. (D) 34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (C) 37. (A)

38. (D) The third Buddhist Council was convenced in about 250 BCE at Asokarama in

Patilputra, under the patronage of Emperor Asoka. The reason for convening the third

Buddhist Council is reported to have been to red the sangha of corruption and bogus

monks who held heretical views. It was presided over by the Elder Moggaliutta Tissa and

one thou-sand monks participated in the Council.

39. (B) History of Dharmasastra, with subtitle Ancient and Medie-val Religious and Civil

Law in India, is a monumental five-volume work consisting of around 6,500 pages, and

was written by Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane, an indologist. The first volume of the work

was publi-shed in 1930 and the last one in 1962. The work is considered as Dr.

Kanes Magnum opus in English.


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40. (B) 41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (C)

45. (B) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (A) 49. (B)

50. (A) 51. (D) 52. (D) 53. (A) 54. (B)

55. (A) 56. (C) 57. (A) 58. (A) 59. (B)

60. (D) 61. (B) 62. (D) 63. (C) 64. (B)

65. (C) 66. (C) 67. (B) 68. (B) 69. (B)

70. (A) 71. (C) 72. (D) 73. (B) 74. (B)

75. (A) 76. (C) 77. (D) 78. (C) 79. (D)

80. (B) 81. (B)

82. (A)NasaqA subordinate met-hod of revenue assessment which could be used

under some major method of assessment. In this method, the revenue was asses-sed on

the basis of the previous figures of assessment.

83. (B) 84. (C) 85. (D) 86. (B) 87. (C)

88. (D) 89. (D) 90. (C) 91. (C) 92. (D)

93. (B)

94. (B) Haider Ali, born in 1721 in an obscure family, started his career as a petty officer

in the Mysore Army. Though uneducated, he possessed a keen intellect and was a man of

great energy, daring and determination. Haider Ali soon found his opportunity in the wars

which in valved Mysore for more than twenty years. He established a Modern arsenal in

Dindigal in 1755 with the help of French experts. In 1761 he overthrew Nanjaraj and

established his authority over the Mysore state.

95. (C)

96. (B) Baji Rao I was a bold and brilliant commander and an ambitious and clever

statesman. He has been described as the greatest exponent of Guerrila tactics after Shivaji

hed by Baji Rao, the Marathas waged nume-rous campaigns against the Mughal Empire.

In 1733, Baji Rao started a long campaign against the sidis of Janjira and in the end

expelled them from the main-land.

97. (B)

98. (C)

99. (C) Farrukh Siyar owed his victory to the Sayyed brothers. Abdullah Khan and

Hussain Ali Khan Barahow who were there-fore given the offices of Wazir and Mir


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Bakshi respectively. The two brothers soon acquired domi-nant control over the affairs of

the state. Farrukh Siyar lacked the capacity of rule. He was cowardly, cruel,

undependable and faithless. In 1719, Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by Sayyed

brothers.

100. (A) The Subah of Avadh, exten-ding from Kannauj district in the west to the river

Karmanasa in the east, was a large and pros-perous region. It became virtually

independent in 1722 when a Persian Shia adventurer named Saadat Khan was appointed

its governor by Muhammad Shah.

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